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Wykagyl, New York

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in New Rochelle City. It lies in ZIP code area 10804. It lies near Cronins Hill. The Survey maps it on the Mount Vernon quadrangle.

Wykagyl within Westchester County

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wykagyl, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Wykagyl, surveyed 1891

Compare 1891 against another survey:

On record in Wykagyl

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 42 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

853 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 853 fires within 5 miles of Wykagyl between 2000 and 2020, burning about 508 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 87 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined534
Arson/incendiarism87
Smoking81
Natural57
Recreation and ceremony42
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2016Recreation and ceremony6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wykagyl Park0.7 miles42
Victory Park0.8 miles42
Forest Heights0.9 miles42
Beechmont1.1 miles42
Chester Heights1.1 miles42
Waverly1.2 miles42
Forest Knolls1.3 miles42
Huguenot Park1.3 miles42

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 971774. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.